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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alex is Brigit's [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations much older]] brother and their parents just died, meaning that Brigit now has to live with him. In order to not have anyone question the age gap, Alex tells his friends that Brigit is his niece.



* '''Inverted''': Alex refuse to acknowledge [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Alice]] as his sister, and when people come to him to complain about her behaviour, he would always claim that he doesn't know her.

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Alex refuse refuses to acknowledge [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Alice]] as his sister, and when people come to him to complain about her behaviour, he would always claim that he doesn't know her.her.
** Alex gains custody of his illegitimate daughter Brigit, but when asked about his new ward, he claims that she is an orphaned girl he adopted.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alex has adopted ten down-on-their-luck orphans and even some homeless adults. He claims that they're all his various distant {{long lost relative}}s.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alex has adopted ten down-on-their-luck orphans and even some homeless adults.[[AdultAdoptee adults]]. He claims that they're all his various distant {{long lost relative}}s.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alex is an influential figure who claims that Brigit is his niece so that he can gain custody on her while planning to use her for evil purposes. When Brigit's biological mother, a poor and uneducated woman, tries to get her daughter back, most people (who bought Alex's lies) dismiss her as a raving lunatic.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Alex is an influential figure a VillainWithGoodPublicity who claims that Brigit is his niece so that he can gain custody on her while planning to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild use her for evil purposes.purposes]]. When Brigit's biological mother, a poor and uneducated woman, tries to get her daughter back, most people (who bought Alex's lies) dismiss her as a raving lunatic.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex has no idea how parenting works and HilarityEnsues as he [[BumblingDad flounder all his way to become a decent father]]. Brigit is [[ChildrenRaiseYou shown to be taking care of Alex more than the other way around]].
* '''Played For Drama''': Brigit turns out to be an EvilOrphan and repays Alex's kindness by killing him to steal all his money.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Alex has no idea how parenting works is a BadLiar, and HilarityEnsues as while trying to explain Brigit's presence, he [[BumblingDad flounder all keeps on forgetting whether she's supposed to be his way to become a decent father]]. cousin, niece or his sister, and Brigit is [[ChildrenRaiseYou shown has to be taking care keep correcting him. Then they start brainstorming on ideas for a suitable backstory for their circumstances in front of Alex more than the other way around]].
people they're attempting to fool, even asking ''them'' for ideas and suggestions.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alex is an influential figure who claims that Brigit turns out is his niece so that he can gain custody on her while planning to be an EvilOrphan use her for evil purposes. When Brigit's biological mother, a poor and repays uneducated woman, tries to get her daughter back, most people (who bought Alex's kindness by killing him to steal all his money.lies) dismiss her as a raving lunatic.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': When Alex tells his friends that Brigit is his niece, Brigit denies any familial connection,

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Delilah, Brigit's biological mother and a StrugglingSingleMother who had left the city for a few days for work, returns to find Brigit "adopted" by Alex. Since Delilah never wanted to raise Brigit to begin with, she happily takes the chance to wash her hands clean of her daughter to pursue her own goals.
* '''Defied''': When Alex tells his friends that Brigit is his niece, Brigit denies any familial connection,connection and blabs the whole story about how they met and their exact (lack of) familial relationship.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???When Alex tells his friends that Brigit is his niece, Brigit denies any familial connection,
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* '''Subverted''': After being officially adopted, Brigit reveals that is really [[AccidentalTruth Alex's relative]]. She's ''his'' KidFromTheFuture, in fact.

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* '''Subverted''': After being officially adopted, Brigit reveals that is really [[AccidentalTruth she really is Alex's relative]]. She's ''his'' KidFromTheFuture, in fact.

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